Recognised as Colour

#8F21DA

#8F21DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8F21DA is a violet with RGB values 143, 33, 218 and HSL 276°, 74%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#8F21DA

RGBrgb(143, 33, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1294, 0.8549

RGB percentages56.1%, 12.9%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(275.7, 73.7%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 84.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK34.4%, 84.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,380,314

CSS custom property--colour: #8F21DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.18:1

Contrast with white6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#70DE25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Tritanopia#815782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 3.7 Dark violet · ΔE 5 Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6 Medium blue · ΔE 25.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 30.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 3.68, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6CDA21

Analogous#3221DA, #DA21C9

Triadic#DA8F21, #21DA8F

Split complementary#C9DA21, #21DA33

Tetradic#DA3321, #6CDA21, #21C9DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7CFF8

Lighter +30%#D1A3F1

Lighter +20%#BB77EA

Lighter +10%#A64AE4

Darker −10%#721AAE

Darker −20%#551481

Darker −30%#380D55

Darker −40%#1B0629

More saturated +25%#9502F9

Less saturated −25%#8940BB

Channel breakdown

R143

G33

B218

Red143 (56.1%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue275.68°

Saturation (HSL)73.71%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8F · G 21 · B DA

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